Cimourdain

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Cimourdain is a stern, fanatically principled former priest who serves as a revolutionary commissar and embodies the tragic rigidity of ideological justice in Victor Hugo’s novel "Quatrevingt-treize."

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Cimourdain canonical 1

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
appearsIn Quatrevingt-treize ⓘ
appearsInLanguage French ⓘ
associatedWith French Revolution ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ
authorNationality French ⓘ
characterTrait austere ⓘ
fanatically principled ⓘ
rigid ⓘ
stern ⓘ
unyielding sense of justice ⓘ
creator Victor Hugo ⓘ
fictionalUniverse French Revolution in Victor Hugo’s works ⓘ
genreOfWork historical novel ⓘ
hasTheme justice versus mercy ⓘ
moral absolutism ⓘ
revolutionary fanaticism ⓘ
tragedy of ideological purity ⓘ
ideology radical republicanism ⓘ
revolutionary Jacobinism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 19th-century French literature ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
moralAlignment devoted to abstract justice over individual mercy ⓘ
narrativeFunction embodiment of inflexible revolutionary law ⓘ
tragic figure of ideological absolutism ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
occupation priest ⓘ
revolutionary commissar ⓘ
religiousBackground former Catholic priest ⓘ
represents conflict between duty and compassion ⓘ
ideological rigidity ⓘ
revolutionary justice ⓘ
roleInWork revolutionary commissar overseeing Gauvain ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1874 ⓘ

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Quatrevingt-treize → mainCharacter → Cimourdain ⓘ